The Sharks finally earned their first win of the season in a huge, improbable way as they took down the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime at Madison Square Garden.
This was a great game and a hard-fought win for Team Teal. They played to win and not to not lose, and I have regained some confidence back in this team after their first win this season. The Sharks got off to a great start by scoring the first goal in the first period on the power play via Logan Couture from Luke Kunin and Erik Karlsson. They were also penalized quite a bit, but their excellent penalty has bailed them out every time.
San Jose slipped up a bit in the second period, but still escaped and stayed in it. The Rangers scored the next two goals in the middle frame via Filip Chytil and Artemi Panarin to take a one-goal lead. Luckily, the Sharks tied the game soon after on an incredibly skilled goal by Radim Simek. Not only was this Simek's first goal of the season, it was also his first goal in 22 games. Matt Nieto and Oskar Lindblom picked up the assists on the game-tying goal in the second.
This game remained tied at two through the third period to force overtime, where Erik Karlsson buried the game-winner less than a minute in to get the Sharks their first win of the season. EK65 handled the puck extremely well until he eventually lost control of it, allowing Timo Meier to pick it up, skate around behind the net, and pass it back to Erik Karlsson for him to find the back of a mostly-empty net. Tomas Hertl recorded the other assist on the OT game-winner.
James Reimer recorded 21 saves in the win, some of which were significant.
In addition, David Quinn won his first game as the Sharks' head coach against his former club, the Rangers, and Timo Meier skated in his 400th NHL game.
It was an unexpected but amazing first win of the season for the Sharks, and this team needs to build on it and form more of a win streak moving forward. Team Teal faces the New Jersey Devils in their next game on Saturday at 10 am PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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